Liquid-filter.



C. V. ROHER= LIQUID FILTER.

APPucAnou FILED FEB. 24, 1911.

Patented Dec. 1?, 1918.

6607291 morezmvamba WITNESSES ATTORNEY tion. a i

CHARLES VICTOR RORER, or BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

LIQUID-FILTER.

To all whom it may concern: i

Be it known-that I, CHARLES V. Romnga citizen of the United States,residing at Bridgeport, in the county ofFairfield and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain "new and useful Improvements inLiquid- Filters, of which the following is a specifica- My inventionrelates to liquidfilters, and more particularly to a filter forfiltering water. I

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a water filterfor use in places such as small towns which arenot equipped with afiltration plant.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a filter whichmay be attached to any water supply.

A further object is to provide a filtering device of the above mentionedtype which may be quickly and easily attached and detached from theconventional water supply 1pc. p An additional object is to provide afiltering device which consists of few operating parts, is inexpensiveto manufacture, and thereby will enable the manufacturer to place themon the market at a minimum cost.

The inventive idea embodies a practical arrangement of coacting partsand novel arrangement which will be hereinafter set forth in detail andexplicitly defined in the appended claims.

On the drawing:

Figure 1 is a view of a conventional spigot having my improved filterapplied thereto, parts of the filter being shown in section, and

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Referring tothe drawing in which like characters of reference indicatelike parts, the numeral 5 designates a water pipe which leads to thedwelling or other place and which has mounted therein the usual spigot 6which controls the water supply.

My improved filter embodies a U-shaped pipe 7 having its extremitiesthreaded, and in one end of this U-shaped pipe'7 is a coupling nut 8 inwhich is engaged the flanged ends of a relatively short tube orcontainer 9. Interposed between this flanged end of the container 9 andthe upper face of the threaded end of the pipe 7 is a reticulated disk10 of very fine mesh. The upper end of this tube or container 9 isflanged and Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedDec. 1'7, 1918.

Application filed February 24, 1917. Serial No. 150,756. g

carries a second threaded coupling nut 11 i and also carries areticulated disk 12, which.

threaded coupling is threaded upon the threaded nozzle of the'spigot 6.Any suitable filtering material is arranged in this container 9'such assand, gravel, etc.

The numeral 13 designates a relatively large charcoal or othercarbonaceous substance retaining receptacle having its lower end therebyreduced and engaged with the threaded nut'lt which is engaged upon theother extremity of the pipe 7 which pipe and contracted end hasinterposed therebetween a reticulated disk 15. The upper end ofthisreceptacle 13 is flanged and supports a filtering disk 16. This flangeis engaged with a relatively large coupling nut 17 that in turn isthreaded upon one extremity of an inverted U shaped pipe 18, theopposite end of which is threaded. Threaded on this end of theinvertedU-shaped pipe 18 is a coupling nut 19 which is engaged with the flangedend of an outlet nozzle 20. This flanged end has suitable packin ringsthereon which bears against the filtering disk 21. The lower end of thisoutlet nozzle is provided with a rounded enlargement 22 which isprovided with a contracted bore.

From the above it will be seen that when the valve 6 is opened the waterwill flow through, the sand or gravel contained in the chamber 9 andthence flow through the pipe 7 and through the charcoal or other canbonaceous substance and thence through the pipe 18 andthence out by wayof the nozzle 20.

While the above form is considered to be the preferred embodiment of theinvention, it is to be understood that the invention may be modified andaltered in many different respects, that may fall within the appendedclaims.

What is claimed is: i

1. In a filter, a water supply valve, a filtering material containingchamber having detachable engagement therewith, a U- shaped .pipe havingone end connected with the chamber, a second filtering materialcontaining chamber having detachable engagement with the other extremityof the U- shaped pipe, an inverted U-shaped pipe having one enddetachably engaged with the second filtering material containingchamber, and a nozzle connected with the opposite extremity of theinverted U-shaped pipe.

2. A filter including in combination with I a faucet; a filteringmaterial container re movably connected with said faucet, a U-, shapedtube havingone end thereof rem'oir:

' ably connected with said container, a second container removablyconnected with the opposite end ofsaid 'U-shapedtube, a secndinverted'U-shapedtubehavingone of its ends" removably connected to-[said sec ond' containeryand 'a n0zzlerem0vab1j con- V erted tube; P

ed E th. the em ning e'n o said in- Afilter headings 93113755 ,b pasitiyarranged U-shaped ti besg a filtering material containerconnecting'saidtubes together at one end, asecond similarc'ontainer-renovably" securedto the opposite fend of one of said tubes,and a'nozzle secured'to the opposite end ofthe other ti1loe. v I

respective ends with outwardly extending flanges, reticulated disksfpositioned between said flanges and the adjacent; ends of the. 7 tubeto retain theifiltering material within 7 I Y the container,couplingnuts icarried by said,

Qopies'of this patent ina yibe obtained 4; A filter including'a pairofoppositely r ge shaped ubes, a l e ing. ma

terial container; jconnectinglsaid' tubes at one end,'-sa1d 'conta nerbeing provlded at Its container to secfure the flanged ends' thereof{toftl' eadjacent endsof said tubes, a nozzle carriedby thefreeend-ofoneof said tubes,

faucet of 'a filtering :rnaterial container havmg flangedfe'n ds,reticulated disks engaged;

with said fiangedzendsto retain the filter? 1 g: m terial wi in i thContaine a 1 pli gr u s uring 011,6 pf flid fl ng doen s totlieifancetfa- U-shapedtulce, a second'cou i and means carried byithefree end of the "other tub'e'to connect the'same to a source'off'liquid' supply; e r V i a T V '5; lini a fiilter, the-"cornbination witha V p i g-inutlsec iringf the remaining flanged.nd-0it econt inertQQ lQ do'f. id e,

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